Magnetotransport properties in magnetic nanotubes studied using Monte Carlo simulations

• Magnetotransport properties of magnetic nanotubes can be simulated using Monte Carlo.
• The unit cell shape has strong influence on the magnetotransport properties on nanotubes.
• The influence on the external magnetic field of the magnetic nanotubes depends on the unit cell.
• The decrease in the coordination number decreases the transition temperature.

The dependences of the magnetoelectric transport properties of nanotubes on the temperature, diameter and anisotropy were simulated using the Monte Carlo method, the Heisenberg model and the Drude formula. The simulations included the effects of an external magnetic field, magnetocrystalline anisotropy and nearest neighbor interactions. Two types of nanotubes with different unit cells (square and hexagonal) were implemented. The influence of the nanotube geometry was also analyzed. A smaller dependence of the resistivity on the nanotube diameter and magnetocrystalline anisotropy was observed for the square unit cell nanotubes compared to the results obtained for the hexagonal unit cell nanotubes. Furthermore, lower fluctuations in the resistivity were observed in the former. In contrast, an external magnetic field had a greater influence on the resistivity of the square unit cell nanotubes than for the hexagonal unit cell nanotubes.